Covid restrictions in England including travel bans, testing and facemasks will be necessary to fight the new Omicron variant, the Prime Minister announced at a Downing Street briefing.
Sage adviser Professor Calum Semple today urged calm over the so-called Omicron mutation, saying it is not a disaster and suggesting some people may be hugely overstating the situation .
Department of Health officials posted nearly 40,000 daily infections - down 3.36% from 40,941 last Saturday - after Sajid Javid announced two cases of the new variant were detected.